Seven teams of universities are vying for a chance to build a high-tech campus in the city — a deal that comes with an offer of $100 million in public funding and free land, Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday.

“All of the submissions were stronger than anything we could have possibly imagined,” Bloomberg said. “Clearly, this has the potential to be a real game changer for our city — and not just for the tech sector but for all industries.”

The mayor’s administration is combing through the lengthy applications and will announce a winner by January.

He emphasized no single proposal is a favorite yet, despite heightened attention around bids by Stanford and Cornell univer- sities.

Many of the bids are from consortiums of universities from around the world.

The proposals call for long-term private investments of more than $2.5 billion. The winner is ex-pected to bring in at least 22,000 permanent jobs and 7,000 construction jobs.